Box Score Kyle Osterberg faced his former team for the first time Friday night and the freshman left winger made it quite a memorable reunion.

Osterberg scored once and assisted on two other goals -- all in the second period -- as the University of Minnesota Duluth ushered in 2014 with a 7-0 exhibition game victory over the U.S. National Under-18 Team at AMSOIL Arena. Seven different Bulldogs picked up a goal while senior Aaron Crandall (nine saves), junior Alex Fons (six) and sophomore Matt McNeely (four), another U.S. Under-18 product, combined for the shutout while logging one period of crease time each.

UMD, in action for the first time since Dec. 14, broke a 0-0 deadlock by scoring four times in the second period before tacking on three more goals in the final 20 minutes of play.

"We got off to a slow start, but then really turned it on in that second period," said Osterberg, a member of the U.S. National Under-18 Team in 2011-12. "It was blast for me and our team to play against these guys. We certainly didn't take them lightly."

Sophomore forwards Austyn Young, Tony Cameranesi, and Austin Farley, junior center Caleb Herbert, rookie left winger Alex Iafallo and senior right winger Joe Basaraba also scored for the Bulldogs, who outshot the U.S. Under-18s, 26-19, and improved to 12-1-0 in exhibition games under 14-year head coach Scott Sandelin.

The Bulldogs will resume their National Collegiate Hockey Conference schedule next Friday and Saturday with a two-game series at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Kyle Osterberg's post-game interview